Mexico boosts cattle controls after new case of screwworm
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico this week activated emergency controls after detecting a new case of New World screwworm in cattle in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon, the closest case to the United States border since the outbreak began last year. The animal, found in the town of Sabinas Hidalgo, came from the [...]
Columbus-area home sales increase 3 percent in August
Home sales in central Ohio were up 3 percent last month compared to August 2024, according to new figures from Columbus Realtors. The number of homes for sale also continues to increase. There were 5,736 homes for sale in August, a 25 percent increase from a year earlier and the most homes on the market [...]
Ohio State enrollment is up 0.5%
Across all Ohio State University campuses, enrollment is up 0.5 percent to 67,255 students for the 2025-26 school year, university officials announced earlier this week. Enrollment at the school’s main campus in Columbus is down 0.2 percent compared to last year to 61,326 students. The number of freshmen at the main campus is down 13.9 [...]
Large rail union backs Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest railroad union earlier this week joined the list of companies endorsing Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern after securing promises to protect jobs, but other unions and chemical makers that rely on the railroad operators are still expressing concerns about the deal. The SMART-TD union [...]
Rivals Compass, Anywhere Real Estate to combine in $10 billion merger
Two of the nation’s biggest real estate services companies are combining in a deal that will bring Century 21, Compass and several other large brokerage brands under the same umbrella. New York-based Compass has agreed to acquire rival Anywhere Real Estate in an all-stock transaction that will create a combined company with a total value [...]
More shrimp sold at Kroger stores recalled
A Seattle seafood distributor has recalled more cooked and frozen shrimp sold at Kroger grocery stores across the United States because of ongoing concerns about potential radioactive contamination. Aquastar Corp. recalled nearly 157,000 additional pounds of shrimp because of possible contamination with cesium 137, a radioactive isotope. The new recall includes nearly 50,000 bags of [...]
Nvidia to invest $100 billion in OpenAI
Chipmaker Nvidia will invest $100 billion in OpenAI as part of a partnership that will add at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia AI data centers to ramp up the computing power for the owner of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. Per the letter of intent signed by the companies, the first gigawatt of Nvidia systems [...]
TikTok’s algorithm to be licensed to U.S. joint venture
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tech giant Oracle will spearhead United States oversight of the algorithm and security underlying TikTok’s popular video platform under the terms of a deal laid out this week by federal authorities. The final details still need to be completed among several joint venture partners that will include Oracle, investment firm Silver Lake [...]